Russell Thomas Leads With Fifteen Players Left

Published on April 13th, 2013 4:50 pm EST

The inaugural WSOP APAC main event is now down to just 15 players.

Russell Thomas, who finished in 4th place in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event, will enter Day 4 of the WSOP APAC main event as the chip leader. Thomas managed to finish Day 3 with 1,677,000 in chips, which is roughly 150,000 chips more than Benny Spindler.

Two of the biggest names in poker, Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari, are also still alive in the event. Esfandiari finished Day 3 with 1,050,000 chips, while Negreanu finished with 827,000.

Here are the chip counts heading into Sunday:

1. Russell Thomas, 1,677,000
2. Benny Spindler, 1,505,000
3. Kahle Burns, 1,469,000
4. Daniel Marton, 1,325,000
5. George Tsatsis, 1,161,000
6. Antonio Esfandiari, 1,050,000
7. Daniel Negreanu, 827,000
8. Tino Lechich, 654,000
9. Raj Ramakrishnan, 644,000
10. Mikel Habb - 439,000
11. Yaser Gueden, 385,000
12. Winfred Yu, 354,000
13. Jordan Westmorland, 321,000
14. Michael Pedley, 310,000
15. Joe Feldman, 187,000

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A total of 405 players turned out for the first ever WSOP APAC main event - this turnout ended up creating a total prize pool of $3,847,500 AUD.

Here are the final table payouts:

1st - $1,038,825
2nd - $637,911
3rd - $423,225
4th - $284,715
5th - $201,994
6th - $146,205
7th - $107,730
8th - $82,721

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The WSOP APAC main event will resume at 3 pm local time on Sunday afternoon.

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Filed Under: The World Series of Poker